Re: Needed: SIMPLE editor for users
Path: emory!samsung!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!spool.mu.edu!wupost!uwm.edu!ogicse!milton!raven.alaska.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!navarra From: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Navarra) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.large,comp.unix.admin,gnu.emacs.help,comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1991Oct17.070133.26488@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Date: 17 Oct 91 07:01:33 GMT References: <1991Oct14.203905.18311@wvus.org> Organization: Academic Computing and Network Services, Evanston, Il. In article <1991Oct14.203905.18311@wvus.org> pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory) writes: >Hi - we need a *really* simple editor for use by end-users. reason: we >need to give a user an interface to enter data into a database blob (the >amount is about 5-25 lines on a screen). > >'vi' is out of the question - way too complicated for an end-user. Vi is esoteric! But I like it. >'emacs' might be okay if someone has put together a really simple interface. Yeah, but you have to come from a WordPerfect background to remember all those control keys. >'cat' is a little too crude. Crude isn't quite the word for it. I suggest you try joe. (joe stands for joe's own editor.). It was installed on our machine as the default for new users. Offhand, I can't tell you what anon ftp site to get it from but you can try logging into quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (username archie) and look thru their database for it. It is a simple and powerful editor with a help menu for the beggining user. I think you will find that it is quite adequate. > >Anecdotes, ideas, source code - all appreciated. > >Pete Gregory, UNIX SA | pete@wvus.org R 2 4 >World Vision U.S. | elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!wvus!pete |_|_| >919 W. Huntington Dr. | Voice: 818.357.1111 x3347 | | | >Monrovia, CA 91016 | FAX: 818.303.6212 1 3 5 -- From the Lab of the MaD ScIenTiST: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu